Jaden Smith -- star of the upcoming sci-fi movie "After Earth" and son of maybe-Scientologist Will Smith -- had a very strange thing to say about President Obama and the existence of aliens recently. He recently told Wonderland magazine:
“I like aliens! I think aliens are really cool, because they exist. I talked to President Obama about extraterrestrials. He said he could neither confirm nor deny the existence of aliens, which means they’re real. If people think we’re the only people that live in this universe, then something is wrong with them.”Two things, here:
1) It's an odd thing for an actor -- however young -- to say in a press interview. Press interviews are very controlled affairs, with publicists hovering in the background. One could argue that perhaps he was "coached" to say this in order to create more buzz for his science-fiction movie. BUT --
2) He friggin' said that THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES DOESN'T CONFIRM OR DENY THE EXISTENCE OF ALIENS!!!!
If Obama really said this to young Jaden, it is an equally odd thing to be on-record as declaring. Even if he said this in confidence to Jaden, he must realize that nothing is really said "in confidence," especially to 14-year-old. Maybe the President was just being "agnostic" about the whole topic -- but surely he and his press handlers would have known this was a "sound-bitey" thing that would be quoted extensively by the media.
Why did President Obama say this? Is he "hinting" at something? Certainly, Presidents allegedly being in contact with, or at least believing in the existence of, aliens is nothing new -- you have tales about Eisenhower, Carter (alien bunnies!) and Reagan.
As for why Jaden might be interested in aliens...if the rumors that his dad has even a tangential relationship with Scientology are true, that explains a lot. Because ultimately, Scientologists believe in aliens (so do Mormons, in a sense -- this isn't a bash at Scientology. So please do not stalk me, Scientologists! I'm not the enemy!).
Is this all just another plank in the overall "Offworld Agenda?" Are we slowly being "prepared" for an immanent "disclosure?" And does the success of Tom Cruise's "Oblivion" suggest a public with a softer stance regarding Scientology?
